Saturday, March 24, 2012

NYC- part 5

OK, back to my photos from NY........

I snagged this photo from an online search......trying to find out just what building this was...... & here's what was written under it: "We wonder how many who pass this building on Fifth Avenue realize they’re
reading a Scripture! Three characteristics listed from Micah 6:8 were inscribed
on the other side of this building, 'do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with thy
God.'"

....andhere's my shot where just above that truck you can read 'Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with thy God.' Pretty amazing to me to read that in the middle of all the hustle & bustle of this big city!!

The entrance to the Apple store. Sarah had told us about this......how you go in on ground level & the stairs take you straight down under & into the store. Pretty wild!

Me with the 'Toy Soldier' standing outside of FAO Schwarz. FAO Schwarz, founded in 1862, is the oldest toy store in the United
States.[1] The company is known
for its unique high-end toys[2], life-sized stuffed
animals, dolls, games and more. The FAO Schwarz flagship store on Fifth Avenue
in New York City is a popular tourist destination, and has gained iconic status
for its “BIG” floor piano, cameos in major motion pictures and real-life toy
soldiers.[3] The FAO Schwarz
brand is exclusively operated by Toys“R”Us, Inc., a dedicated toy and juvenile
products retailer. FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862 under the name “Toy Bazaar” by German immigrant
Frederick August Otto Schwarz, in
Baltimore, where he and his brothers retailed toys from a fancy-goods store.

The very same Teddy Bear that we gave Ashley for Christmas. Hers came from Toys R Us.

The Harry Potter section.....'Quality Quidditch Supplies'

Lovely picture of me in my witch hat.

This is what I wanted to see.......the BIG piano!

Check out the price tag on said piano.....$250,000! Ouch!

Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) (known colloquially as Tiffany or Tiffany's)
is a luxury American multinationaljewelry and silverware corporation. Tiffany sells
jewelry, sterling silver, china, crystal, stationery, fragrances, personal
accessories, as well as some leather goods. Founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy
Young in New York
City in 1837 as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium," the store initially
sold a wide variety of stationery items, and operated as Tiffany, Young and
Ellis in lower
Manhattan. The name was shortened to Tiffany & Co. in 1853 when Charles
Tiffany took control, and the firm's emphasis on jewelry was established.

These pictures were for Jon. Taken outside of the Ferrari store.

Clay was adamant that we MUST take Alli (our little chocoholic) some chocolate from Godiva. So, we stopped in this one while shopping at the Rockefeller Center. We got her the cutest little stuffed teddy bear holding a Godiva chocolate bar.

The Waldorf Astoria Hotel......We got Starbucks coffee here....thanks to Sarah for the anniversary gift card. We thought it very appropriate & 'Sarah-like' to get coffee at the Waldorf. ;-) Wasn't Clay just the smartest thing to think of the fact that if we got it here......it would say 'Waldorf Astoria' on the receipt & that would be something cool for me to include in my scrapbook?!

St. Patrick's Cathedral

The New York lights from atop the Empire State Building. The Chrysler building in the bottom photo.

It was SO windy up there!!

This is looking straight down on Macy's.

Looking on up toward the tippy-top

The Empire State Building rises to 1,250 ft (381 m) at the 102nd floor, and
including the 203 ft (62 m) pinnacle, its full height reaches 1,453 ft–89⁄16 in (443.09 m). The
building has 85 stories of commercial and office space representing 2,158,000
sq ft (200,500 m2). It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on
the 86th floor. The remaining 16 stories represent the Art Deco tower, which is
capped by a 102nd-floor observatory. Atop the tower is the 203 ft (62 m)
pinnacle, much of which is covered by broadcast antennas, with a lightning rod
at the very top.